The Georgia Department of Public Health releases a coronavirus update every day at noon with updated numbers from the previous 24 hours. At noon on Tuesday, the state announced there were 146 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The Whitfield County case will be added to Wednesday’s update.
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The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Georgia has increased to 146, up from 121 on Monday.
The Georgia Department of Public Health released its daily report at noon on Tuesday and showed that 27 counties in Georgia have confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Most of the cases are in the greater Atlanta area while Bartow County has 10 confirmed cases.
No cases have been reported in the seven-county area closest to Chattanooga in Northwest Georgia.
Columbia, Barrow, Richmond and Rockdale counties were the four counties that reported new cases overnight. Each county had one case as of Tuesday.
Health officials said that there has still been only one confirmed death due to the coronavirus in Georgia, putting the death rate in the state at 0.68%.
Of all the confirmed cases, 46% are between the ages of 18 and 59; 40% are over 60 years old 1% are under 17. The other 13% is unknown.
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